A resident of a Phoenix homeless shelter shot and killed an employee at the facility on Monday, possibly because he had just been told he was being kicked out, a Maricopa County sheriff's spokeswoman said.

Her team found ways to stay alive for at least a few more days in the Division I state tournament, but Lindsey Collins wasn't gushing.

Horizon set the tone for the season early by winning the championship of the 21st annual Dobson-Marcos softball tournament Saturday at Marcos de Niza H.S.

Short-term memory is a hard thing to expect over the course of a five-day tournament.

Chaparral southpaw ace Dallas McBride was a bit wild early on, but didn’t flinch.

WestValleyPreps.com asked Northwest Valley basketball coaches to analyze their teams heading into the 2008-09 season. Here are the responses from coaches as well as last year's records from schools that did not submit a response:

The Deer Valley Skyhawks earned a trip to the title game of the Deer Valley High School Girls Basketball Tournament Friday by relying on their defense. With their offense sputtering, the Skyhawks missed their first five field goal attempts of the fourth quarter, the visiting Kingman Bulldogs took a 40-38 lead with 5:38 seconds left prompting a timeout by Deer Valley coach Rob Iannone. "It seemed like tonight we missed some shots that we usually wouldn't," the second year coach said after his team improved to 6-2 on the season. "Our defense overall was pretty good. We switched back and forth between our zone and man and gave them some problems." While the Bulldogs would shoot 20-of-46 from the field for the game, good for 44 percent, the Skyhawks forced them into 26 turnovers including eight in the fourth quarter. Deer Valley would knot the score at 40 with five minute remaining in the game on a Rebeca Woodberry layup off an assist feed from junior Kaci Kennett. From there the Skyhawks would take control going on a 12-2 run in just more than two minutes a stretch that allowed them to coast to a 56-46 win. Kingman point guard Lindsey Reed who had rallied her team by scoring the first six points of the fourth quarter would be held in check the rest of the game as Deer Valley earned a finals date with Xavier Saturday in a game set to start at 2:30 p.m. "We knew she was their best player so we tried to keep the ball away from her and see if their other players would make mistakes," said Kennett, who led a balanced Deer Valley offense with 13 points. "Even though they took the lead I have a lot of confidence in my team that we'll find a way to pull it out." While Kennett scored eight of her 13 in the second half backcourt mate Sam Rasmussen waited until the fourth quarter to come alive offensively scoring all seven of her points in the game's final three minutes to help Deer Valley pull away. "We don't worry about our offense so much," said the freshman. "We usually score, but I think our defense is the biggest key for us. We're all pretty quick so I think that wears down the other team, because we're always chasing them around making it tough for them." Along with eight points from junior Kelsey Collins, and five from Woodberry, who also played strong defensively, from the starters the Skyhawks got a boost off the bench as senior Kyia Brock contributed 11. "It was a pretty good team effort, but we're going to have to play much better if we're going to beat Xavier," Iannone said. "The keys for us will be to eliminate the turnovers." Rasmussen agreed. "We got by without our ?A' game tonight, but we'll need to play better tomorrow," she said. "We can't get off to such a slow start again if we want to win." In other tournament action Friday Xavier earned a chance to defend its tournament title with a 63-25 trouncing of Sunrise Mountain, while Ironwood and Cactus earned spots in the consolation championship game with wins. After falling in Thursday's opening round Ironwood defeated Horizon 57-34 Thursday while Cactus rebounded from Thursday's loss to Deer Valley with a 46-29 win over Valley Vista. The Eagles and Cobras play for the consolation title Saturday at 11:30 a.m. Sunrise Mountain will play Kingman for third place in a game set to tip at 1 p.m. Kingman 12 10 12 12= 46 Deer Valley 8 13 17 18= 56 Scoring Kingman: Kristen Gonzalez 14, Ashley Caswell 8, Lindsey Reed 8, Julie Robles 6, Cassidy Elliott 4, Sara Murphy 4, Dominique Hale 2 Field goal shooting Kingman 20-46= 44% Deer Valley 19-49= 39% Three point shooting Kingman 1-7= 14% Deer Valley 6-13= 46% Free Throws Kingman 5-8= 63% Deer Valley 12-14= 86% Turnovers Kingman= 26 Deer Valley= 15

If a Cactus volleyball team led by 10 seniors is to break through and hang a banner, it has to be now.

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Sen. John McCain said Thursday that America should to deploy 15,000 to 30,000 more troops to Iraq to control its sectarian violence, and give moderate Iraqi politicians the stability they need to take the country in the right direction.

Integrating business with food, adding his own creations with a customized touch on every dish, Sam Szeto is known as “Dragon Sam” to his customers and friends.

Tony Piazza went 2-for-2 with two RBIs to lead Scottsdale Notre Dame past visiting Scottsdale Chaparral 8-3 in a matchup of the top-ranked baseball teams in 4A-I and 4A-II Friday.

WASHINGTON - President Bush's decision to send more troops to Iraq evoked increasing Republican opposition as a Democratic-led Senate panel prepared tough questioning for the man who would carry out the plan as the new war commander.

Who'll stop the reign?

WASHINGTON - Sen. John McCain defended President Bush's Iraq plan on Friday as difficult but necessary, parting company with lawmakers fiercely resisting the military build up.

WASHINGTON - A rebellious Senate committee defied President Bush on Thursday and approved terror-detainee legislation he has vowed to block, deepening Republican conflict over terrorism and national security in the middle of the election season.

A couple of months ago, Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., agreed to go on the air with radio personality Dave Pratt, who regularly chats up country music stars and other celebrities during his morning show on Phoenix radio station KMLE-FM 108.

A couple of months ago, Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., agreed to go on the air with radio personality Dave Pratt, who regularly chats up country music stars and other celebrities during his morning show on Phoenix radio station KMLE-FM 108.

WASHINGTON - Rep. Elton Gallegly has argued for nearly 20 years that one way to fight illegal immigration would be to deny citizenship to U.S.-born children of people who enter the country illegally.

Peoria girls basketball coach Leslie Saulsby didn’t want to play scrooge this season and make his squad come in for practice during Christmas break.

Yes, it may be hard to believe, but Jessica Tonn has a mean streak, or perhaps fiery might be a better way to describe it.

The streak stayed alive and a new state record was born at the 5A Division I girls golf state championship Tuesday at Aguila Golf Course in Laveen.

Drama is ready to unfold as the 5A Division I girls golf state championship that concludes on Tuesday. That’s because Chandler Hamilton (286) has a one-shot lead on Phoenix Xavier (287) heading into the final round at Aguila Golf Course.

WASHINGTON - A Senate resolution opposing President Bush's war plan on Iraq put the White House and Republican leaders on the defensive Wednesday as they scurried to prevent a trickle of GOP support for the measure from swelling into a deluge.

WASHINGTON - Senators raised sharp questions Thursday about a special Iraq commission's recommendations for changing U.S. diplomatic and military strategies in the war.